Compilation of Surface Currents of the equatorial Indian Ocean (1856 -1974)
The data set comprises of measurements of surface currents collected across the Indian Ocean in the region 50 E (the Gulf of Aden) to 100 E and 25 S to 10 N. The data were collected between 1854 and 1974. The surface currents, measured from ships' drift, have been compiled into 10 day periods and 1 degree latitude-longitude squares. For each of these the vector mean of all of the observations from all years has been calculated. With this amount of subdivision, coverage is often sparse and sometimes non-existent. The source material for this atlas was obtained from the UK Meteorological Office archive of historical surface currents and this data set was compiled by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory (IOSDL).
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- 8d6586d6d50653139c2ef3b249825043 XML
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
Encoding
Projection
- code
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- INSPIRE themes
- SeaDataNet PDV
- Vertical Coverages
- MEDIN metadata record availability
Geographic coverage
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S
E
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 1856
- End
- 1974
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-10-03
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-09-27
- Date (Revision)
- 2010-09-27
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Instrument(s) used to collect data: unknown.
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory
- inapplicable
- Organisation name
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- enquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory
- inapplicable
- Organisation name
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- enquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- enquiries@bodc.ac.uk
- Date stamp
- 2018-02-06T15:16:38
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
Overviews
Spatial extent
N
S
E
W
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Associated resources
Not available